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2 days ago · Somerville (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər v ɪ l / SUM-ər-vil) is a city located directly to the northwest of Boston, and north of Cambridge, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city had a total population of 81,045 people.
5 days ago · Woburn, city, Middlesex county, northeastern Massachusetts, U.S., located just north of Boston. The community, named for Woburn, England, was set off from Charlestown and incorporated as a town in 1642. Aided by construction of the Middlesex Canal (1803), it changed its economic base from.
1 day ago · Based on the form of government, there are 292 towns and 59 cities in Massachusetts. Some municipalities, however, still refer to themselves as "towns" even though they have a city form of government. The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place".
1 day ago · Greater Boston is the metropolitan region of New England encompassing the municipality of Boston, the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the most populous city in New England, and its surrounding areas.
5 days ago · THE HISTORICAL MARKER DATABASE “Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
6 days ago · The Town of Dorchester was one of the first towns established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, being established in 1630. Among its claims to fame, it was the home of the first town meeting in 1633 and was the first town to have a free public elementary school, the Mather School. In 1870 it was annexed to Boston.
5 days ago · Massachusetts Newspapers Online - Newspapers at the BPL - Research Guides at Boston Public Library. This page lists Massachusetts current and historical newspapers, news publications, news websites, and local interest magazines and indexes thereto that are freely available online.
